Torres warns Liverpool: Buy top-class players or I am off

Fernando Torres has ­admitted he will think about his future at Liverpool if the club do not buy the players needed to turn them into ­Premier League contenders.

The Spanish superstar believes the most important priority for Liverpool is to make a major assault on the transfer market this summer.

Asked by Spanish newspaper AS if he planned to leave the Reds if they failed to qualify for the Champions League, Torres said: “It’s too soon to talk.

“I honestly think that we’re going to be fourth, but for me Champions League qualification isn’t so important.

“The really important thing is that the club makes a big effort and brings in important players who will improve the quality of the squad.

“We need four or five top-class players to compete, better than we have here, who will make us grit our teeth and do everything we can to try and keep our places.

“Without reinforcements next year we will once again be fighting to be fourth.

“I want to fight next year to win the Premier League, to win the Champions League or the Europa League, but for this there have to be signings.”

Torres added: “I have this and three more years of my contract. I’ve left my home and it’s clear that I owe Liverpool many things, and I’m very happy here.

“The fans have treated me like one of their own, but I’m going to think about my future and hopefully it will be here. These fans deserve to win. I think the club deserve to get back to winning [trophies], but they know themselves that right now it’s far off.

“The fans are worried about players going, it’s a problem when you start to fear that because you know it’s because the club is not moving forward – but I don’t think that is going to be the situation here.”